Derek Jeter had to be removed from Game Three of the New York Yankees division series victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He left in the eighth inning after striking out and apparently re-aggravating the bone bruise that has been bothering him for weeks now. However, he was able to play in Game Four, and last night he showed no ill-effects as the Yankees took down the Orioles and advanced to the American League Championship Series.
According to Benjamin Hoffman of the New York Times, the Yankees' skipper, Joe Girardi, chose to put Jeter back at shortstop for the decisive Game Five after seeing the Yankee captain run uninhibited in Game Four. It was a good decision as Jeter continued to show no signs of the injury and scored the game's second run.
Jeter went 0-for-3 with a walk in Game Five but scored on a Ichiro Suzuki double. Running hard from first base, Jeter showed no signs of the injury that forced him to be the team's designated hitter a career-high 25 times ...
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last night, he fouled a ball off his ankle while he was batting in the first inning.
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Alex Rodriguez 3B
Nick Swisher RF
Russell Martin C
Curtis Granderson CF
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